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Palm
Beach
Post,
Wed.,
November
13,
1968
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ball
game
between
Lake
Worth
and
John
I.
Leonard
High
School,
which
starts
at
8
p.m.
at
Russ
Bullard
Field,
the
queen
will
be
presented
to
her
public.
Left
to
right
are
Sherry
Rehme,
Cathy
Sparks,
Linda
Schaerer,
Sandy
Aronburg
and
Nancy
Heglund.
CONTESTANTS
One
of
these
young
ladies
will
be
named
Lake
Worth
High
School
Homecoming
Queen
Friday
at
a
Coronation
Pep
Rally
scheduled
for
1:35
p.m.
at
Russ
Bullard
Field.
The
queen
and
her
attendants
will
then
participate
in
a
parade
through
downtown
Lake
"Vorth.
Between
halves
of
the
foot
Siati
Photo
By
Paul
Price
Avenue.
The
area
is
the
Florida
East
Coast
and
in
front
of
several
and
dental
clinics.
that
construction
on
probably
will
be
started
two
weeks.
Si
i
Lai
V
-
After
hearing
Anderson's
legal
summation,
council
was
advised
by
a
private
citizen,
J.
William
Markeim
of
Boca
Raton,
that
he
(Markeim)
was
planning
to
explore
the
possibility
of
interesting
another
compost
company
to
locate
an
operation
here.
Markeim,
a
retired
accountant
and
financial
consultant,
did
not
disclose
particulars
of
his
proposed
meeting
with
officials
of
the
unnamed
compost
operators.
He
said
he
would
fly
"up
north"
on
behalf
of
the
plan.
and
XE
Third
just
west
of
Railroad
tracks
medical
Brawner
said
the
project
within
the
next
NEW
TRAFFIC
FLOW
Lem
Brawner,
assistant
to
Delray
Beach
City
Engineer
Mark
Fleming,
was
busy
Tuesday
afternoon
staking
the
new
edge
of
paving
which
city
crews
will
install
as
a
traffic
circle
is
built
on
XE
Eighth
Street
at
its
intersection
with
Dixie
Boulevard
Rezoning
Request
Stirs
NPB
Council
Opposition
Boca
Told
It
Can't
Void
Compost
Plant
Contract
Lack
Held
Hazard
To
Children
PALM
BEACH
GARDENS
City
Manager
B.
A.
Poston
said
Tuesday
that
he
has
written
Arnold
Ramos
of
the
State
Road
Department
for
permission
to
construct
shellrock
sidewalks
along
two
major
thoroughfares
through
here,
in
hopes
of
reducing
the
dangers
to
children
walking
to
and
from
Grove
Park
Ellementary
School.
Poston
said
he
hopes
to
re-eive
permits
for
construction
in
the
state
road
rights-of-way
ilong
portions
of
Military
Trail
and
North
Lake
Boulevard
within
Palm
Beach
Gar-lens.
"We
also
are
hoping
to
establish
a
school
traffic
zone
of
20
miles
per
hour
through
this
same
area,"
Poston
said.
He
said
that
as
soon
as
word
is
received
on
the
permits,
the
city
will
give
a
completion
date
on
the
sidewalks.
"After
the
Palm
Beach
County
Board
of
Public
Instruction
discontinued
bus
service
from
the
Town
Hall
Homes
subdivision
to
Grove
Park
Elementary
School
Friday,
a
number
of
concerned
parents
walked
their
children
to
school
Tuesday
to
express
their
feeling
that
the
safety
problem
still
has
not
been
solved.
The
bus
service
had
been
cut
off
a
week
before
school
was
to
begin
this
fall,
but
parents
and
the
city
council,
distressed
because
there
were
no
sidewalks
along
Military
Trail,
persuaded
the
school
board
to
continue
busing
pupils
until
the
county
could
construct
a
sidewalk.
The
sidewalk,
completed
last
week,
extends
down
the
east
side
of
Military
Trail
to
the
school.
North
of
North
Lake
Boulevard,
however,
there
is
no
sidewalk
along
the
heavily
traveled
Trail.
In
other
action
Monday
night,
the
council:
Awarded
a
$9,500
contract
for
preparation
of
a
comprehensive
master
plan
for
the
city
to
Gerald
Dake
Associates.
A
sketch
plan
is
to
be
prepared
as
soon
as
possible,
Dake
said.
Poston
reported
that
records
from
fiscal
1965
were
"missing."
Poston
said
he
had
been
unable
to
locate
that
year's
records
while
trying
to
substantiate
an
insurance
company's
claim.
Poston
said
he
believes
the
records
were
stored
at
"1001
Park
Ave."
in
Lake
Park,
referring
to
the
offices
of
the
Bankers
Life
&
Casualty
Co.
On
previous
occasions
the
city
has
been
denied
access
to
pertinent
records
by
the
company.
In
this
case,
the
council
tabled
the
matter
until
the
city's
records
could
be
obtained.
Pahokee
GI
Killed
In
Vietnam
Action
PAHOKEE
Army
Spec.
4
Eason
J.
Maxey
of
Pahokee
was
identified
Tuesday
by
the
U.S.
Department
of
Defense
as
one
of
68
U.S.
servicemen
killed
in
Vietnam.
He
was
listed
killed
as
a
result
of
hostile
action.
George
Maxey,
53
Washington
St.,
Pahokee,
was
listed
as
the
father
of
the
slain
er,
MacArthur's
name
was
not
among
those
of
the
petitioners.
Lewis
said,
that
as
far
as
he
was
concerned,
"there's
no
rhyme
or
reason
to
rczone
that
land,"
and
that
the
village
had
already
been
through
another
legal
battle
in
the
same
area.
This
occurred
in
19ti7,
when
the
property
was
being
rezoned.
At
that
time,
the
village
placed
a
moratorium
on
the
land
until
it
was
rezoned,
but
the
"Mr.
Bun"
franchise
group
filed
a
successful
suit
to
build
a
drive-in
restaurant
in
Clifford
To
Quit
WASHINGTON
(APt
Clark
M.
Clifford
all
but
ruled
out
Tuesday
the
possibility
he
would
continue
serving
as
secretary
of
defense
under
the
new
administration
of
President-elect
Richard
M.
Nixon.
The
defense
chief
told
a
Pentagon
news
conference
he
had
recommended
to
Nixon
that
a
new
secretary
of
defense
be
appointed
by
mid
December.
"1
advised
M
Nixon
that
I
thought
he
should
appoint
his
new
secretary
of
defense
as
promptly
as
possible
so
that
we
can
start
him
on
a
period
of
orientation
as
quickly
as
possible,"
Clifford
said.
He
said
Nixon
replied
that
he
was
giving
"careful
consideration"
to
the
choice.
The
question
came
up
when
Clifford
was
asked
whether
he
had
been
approached
about
the
possibility
of
his
remaining
on
the
job
after
Nixon
takes
office
next
Jan.
21).
Clifford,
who
was
appointed
to
replace
Robert
S.
McN'ama-ra
only
last
spring,
noted
that
he
will
have
been
a
Democrat
62
years
in
December.
So,
he
said,
I
he
likelihood
that
he
would
serve
under
a
Republican
president
"is
so
remote
as
not
to
warrant
comment."
Fumes
Cause
Man's
Death
An
autopsy
performed
on
the
body
of
itinerant
worker
Claude
Menefee
revealed
that
the
man
died
as
a
result
of
inhaling
poisonous
fumes,
West
Palm
Beach
police
said
Tuesday.
The
Berrien
Springs,
Mich.,
man's
body
was
discovered
beneath
an
orange
tent
which
was
being
used
by
the
Armour
Exterminating
Co.
2-10
Royal
Palm
Way,
to
cover
the
warehouse
of
the
Rhodes
Furniture
Co.,
.501
Clematis
St.,
which
was
undergoing
extermination
treatment.
Amour
workers
found
Mene-fee-'s
body
when
they
returned
to
work
about
8:30
p.m.
and
Defied
back
the
tent,
police
said.
The
autopsy
was
performed
by
County
Medical
Kxaminer
Dr.-HughDortchJr.
Harper
Quits
Hospital
Job
ATLANTIS
Max
Harper
confirmed
a
report
Tuesday
night
that
he
had
resigned
his
post
as
director
of
finance
at
the
John
F.
Kennedy
Hospital.
Beyond
stating
that
he
had
resigned
effective
Monday,
Nov.
11,
Harper
said
he
had
no
further
comment.
It
is
known,
however,
that
he
was
recently
given
a
sizeable
increase
in
salary
by
the
non-profit
hospital's
board
of
directors.
'
His
unexpected
resignation
follows
the
surprise
removal
oi
Maurice
B.
Frank
as
president
of
the
hospital
last
week.
Harper's
resignation
was
the
second
following
that
action.
Mrs.
Jean
Arnold,
director
of
community
relations,
resigned
effective
last
Friday
following
the
announcement
of
Frank's
ouster.
Civil
Defense
Seminar
Held
'
Three
leaders
of
Palm
Beach
County's
Civil
Defense
unit
are
in
Miami
today
attending
an
all-day
disaster
control
seminar
at
the
DuPont
Plaza
Hotel.
Representing
the
local
unit
are
Major
A.
L.
Fullerton,
Palm
Beach
County
deputy
director:
Dr.
Vale
Stone,
chief
of
hospital
services,
Palm
Beach
County
Health
Medical
Service,
and
Frank
Fosket,
health
mobilization
coordinator.
Palm
Beach
County
Health
Department.
The
Florida
Hospital
Association
is
sponsoring
a
series
of
seminars
Nov.
11-15
at
Miami
on
the
latest
in
disaster
management
with
special
emphasis
on
package
disaster
hospitals.
The
Palm
Beach
County
Civil
Defense
unit
has
set
up
two
such
package
hospitals
and
is
planning
a
third.
The
two
are
located
at
the
Armory,
Belle
Glade
and
at
the
Palm
Beach
International
Airport.
The
third
is
expected
to
be
located
at
Florida
Atlantic
University,
Boca
Raton.
Post
Seekers
Present
iews
ijoYN'TON
BEACH
-
Sixty
persons
Tuesday
night
attended
m
forum
at
which
all
eight
candidates
for
the
three
city
council
seats
appeared.
'.
Earnest
G.
Simon,
an
attorney
in
Delray
Beach,
served
as
master
of
ceremonies
to
present
the
candidates
for
the
Nov.
19
primary
election
here.
Six
names
will
appear
on
the
ballot
in
the
Dec.
3
municipal
election.
Presenting
their
backgrounds,
qualification
and
platforms
were
Harold
Blan-chette,
Vernon
Combs,
Ronald
."wing.
James
Mahoney,
Michael
V.
Michael.
Leonard
Ny-lund,
Thomas
Summers
and
Forrest
Wallace.
Michael,
Ny-lund
and
Summers
are
Variance
Approved
For
Medical
Clinic
Delray
Taxi
Rates
End
20-Year
Stand
By
DAVE
TATIIAM
Bureau
Chief
BOCA
RATON
-
The
city
council
was
advised
Tuesday
night
that
the
city
Is
legally
bound
to
respect
its
12-month
contract
with
Florida
Compost
Corp.
City
Atty.
Malcolm
Anderson,
in
his
memo
on
the
compost
matter,
said
there
is
no
provision
in
the
March
5
contract
which
says
construction
of
the
plant
must
be
started
by
any
given
date.
However,
he
advised,
and
further
suggested,
that
the
city
could
explore
alternate
ways
of
relieving
its
growing
garbage
problem
as
long
as
the
city
does
not
enter
into
another
contract
or
contracts.
Under
the
contract,
Florida
Compost,
headed
by
Hoyt
Morris
of
Boca
Raton,
has
until
March
5,
1969,
to
have
the
proposed
compost
plant
in
operation.
The
firm
then
is
to
begin
accepting
city
garbage
for
$3.50
a
ton
and
chemically
transforming
it
into
fertilizer
which
he
proposes
to
sell.
Coupled
with
Anderson's
appraisal
of
the
contract
situation
was
notice
that
legal
ties
between
the
city
and
International
Organlcs
Corp.
were
annulled
since
the
Nassau.
Bahamas,
firm
had
failed
to
produce
evidence
of
its
corporate
connection
with
Florida
Compost
and
its
financial
stability
by
the
Nov.
1
deadline.
City
officials
are
pessimistic
that
the
$l-million
compost
plant
can
be
in
operation
by
the
contract
deadline,
and
Tuesday
night,
councilmen
restated
a
previous
recommendation
that
City
Manager
Alan
Alford
explore
alternate
ways
of
disposing
of
city
garbage.
The
dump
on
South
Dixie
Highway,
where
city
garbage
is
now
deposited,
Is
nearly
filled
to
capacity.
BOYNTON
BEACH
-
A
conditioned
use
variance
for
the
construction
of
an
$85,000
medical
clinic
near
Bethesda
Memorial
Hospital
received
approval
Tuesday
night
from
the
city's
Planning
and
Zoning
Board.
Dr.
Robert
R.
Wadlund,
a
radiologist,
requested
the
R-2
conditional
use
in
the
area
of
single-family
homes
to
put
up
the
medical
clinic
at
103
SVV
26th
Ave.
In
granting
the
conditional
use,
the
Planning
and
Zoning
Board
note
that
the
facility
will
have
18
off-street
parking
places
and
will
provide
the
only
cobalt
treatment
between
West
Palm
Beach
and
Fort
Lauderdale.
In
other
action,
the
board
granted
a
change
from
single
family
to
multi-family
zoning
for
four
apartments
which
have
been
in
non-conforming
status
at
208
SW
1st
Ave.
The
board
also
considered
a
request
for
zoning
to
allow
construction
of
a
Toppers
Steak
House
restaurant
at
710
X
;
J
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mm
tv
By
ROBERT
K.
OGLESBY
Staff
Writer
NORTH
PALM
BEACH
A
request
by
several
owners
of
undeveloped
property
located
on
U.
S.
1
north
of
the
Earmun
River
Bridge
to
rczone
from
C-A
(exclusive
commercial)
to
C-l-A
(all-inclusive
commercial!
was
unfavorably
received
by
the
village
council
Tuesday
night.
The
request
came
by
letter
and
petitions
from
Joseph
Finch,
local
realtor,
who
termed
the
current
and
new
zoning
of
C-A
as
"confiscatory"
and
"discouraging"
to
development.
However,
the
council
had
its
own
opinion
of
the
C-A
zone,
w
hich
is
basically
a
very
limited
commercial
designation.
Mayor
Tom
Lewis
said,
"the
owners
there
now
are
only
partial
owners
of
this
village
and
I
don't
care
how
much
pressure
they
put
on
the
council
or
the
planning
and
zoning
board
to
change
the
classification
to
C-l-A."
In
reference
to
Finch's
charge
of
"confiscatory
and
discouraging,"
Lewis
pointed
out
that
two
lots
in
the
area
have
been
sold
at
a
higher
price
under
the
C-A
designation
than
under
the
C-l-A
designation.
He
said,
"we
spent
at
least
200
hours
In
determining
that
C-A
is
the
best
possible
zoning
for
this
property,
and
I
honestly
have
no
intention
of
changing
my
mind."
Councilmen
Herbert
Watt
and
Allan
Kverard
agreed
with
Lewis.
Watt
said,
"In
1
ittiT
Mr.
Finch
referred
to
the
then
current
C-l-A
classification
as
a
'monster'
and
now
he
wants
it
rezoned
back
to
that.
I
just
can't
go
along
with
this."
Finch
said
in
his
letter
to
Frederick
Speaker,
chairman
of
the
planning
and
zoning
board,
that
the
major
property
owner
along
the
disputed
strip
Is
John
C.
MacArthur.
Howev
Parly
Leaders
To
Meet
Daily
TALLAHASSEE
(UPD
-Democratic
and
Republican
House
leaders
will
meet
every
morning
during
the
regular
session
beginning
next
April
to
keep
the
lines
of
communication
open,
Speaker
Fred
Schultz,
D-Jacksonville,
told
the
House
Tuesday.
"We'll
have
good
communications
up
and
down
the
line
and
between
the
parties,"
he
said.
Schultz
said
he
and
Speaker
Pro
Tern
Terrell
Sessums,
D-Tampa,
will
meet
at
8
a.m.
each
day
with
Minority
Leader
Don
Reed
of
Boca
Raton,
Minority
Leader
Pro
Tern
John
Savage
of
North
Reding-ton
Beach
and
Republican
Whip
George
Caldwell
of
Fort
Lauderdale.
The
speaker,
who
said
he
planned
to
use
Sessums
as
"my
strong
right
arm"
during
his
tenure,
also
announced
the
reappointment
of
Rep.
Carey
Matthews,
D-Miaml,
as
the
Democratic
floor
leader.
He
told
councilmen
that
he
had
contacted
company
officials
by
telephone
and
that
they
seemed
interested.
His
interest
in
the
proposal,
Markeim
said,
was
strictly
on
behalf
of
the
city
and
that
he
had
no
personal
gain
in
mind.
He
disclosed
that
he
had
earlier
served
as
a
consultant
to
Morris
in
his
proposed
plan
here.
Markeim's
interest
in
the
possibility
of
securing
a
new
compost
contract
was
received
warmly
bv
the
council.
pany
facility
in
the
middle
of
the
block.:
The
council
also
passed
a
resolution
providing
for
abandonment
of
an
alley
right-of-way
between
SW
Second
and
Third
Avenues
through
the
the
site
of
the
city's
new
law
enforcement
complex.
Murder
Charge
Set
PAHOKEE
Henry
Leon
Richardson,
25,
has
been
returned
to
Fort
Pierce
to
face
a
murder
charge,
following
his
Interrogation
Tuesday
by
Clifford
Powell,
a
polygraph
operator
for
the
Florida
Bureau
of
Law
Enforcement.
Richardson
was
arrested
here
by
Deputy
Sheriff
Andrew
Johnson
and
sheriff's
detective
George
Suttle
for
questioning
about
the
slaying
of
Wilfred
Hill,
31,
who
was
found
In
the
St.
Lucie
County
railroad
yards
about
12:30
a.m.
Saturday.
!
Powell
and
Fin
Parrlsh,
an
'
investigator
for
the
St.
Lucie
-county
sheriff's
office,
Indicat-
ed
Richardson
had
admitted
having
a
fight
with
the
dead
;
man.
The
suspect
Indicated
he
;
struck
the
victim
with
a
piece
of
Iron
pipe
In
self
defense.
Richardson
was
questioned
at
the
sheriff's
office
In
Belle
Glade.
Brannan
Youth
Sent
To
2nd
Hospital
A
16-year-old
Palm
Springs
youth,
still
unconscious
almost
five
months
after
a
three-car
collision,
was
transferred
Tuesday
to
the
Sunland
Hospital
In
Orlando.
Thomas
Brannan
of
115
Riley
Ave.,
had
been
listed
in
"poor"
condition
at
Good
Samaritan
Hospital
for
the
last
several
months,
hospital
officials
said.
A
second
youth,
James
Shore,
15,
of
137
Riley
Avf
,
also
was
seriously
injured
in
the
June
11
crash.
He
has
been
released
from
John
F.
Kennedy
Memorial
Hospital.
Brannan
also
was
a
patient
at
Kennedy
Hospital,
but
was
transferred
several
weeks
agojo
Good
Samaritan.
the
C-l-A
zone,
even
thought
it
was
later
changed
to
C-A.
Finch's
group
is
requesting
the
village,
among
other
things,
to
lower
the
setback
requirements
of
the
C-A
zone
and
to
allow
the
operation
of
any
retail
business
along
the
4,700-foot
strip
on
both
sides
of
U.S.I.
Speaker
said
that
he
feels
the
owners
may
want
to
construct
apartments
on
the
property,
although
Finch
did
not
specifically
mention
this
in
his
letter.
N.
Federal
Hwy.
The
board
also
discussed
changing
zoning
for
34
acres
on
the
east
side
of
Congress
Avenue
near
the
south
city
limits.
The
area
is
now
zoned
residential
but
zoning
is
sought
to
allow
the
construction
of
an
aluminum
products
plant.
State
Fruit
Festival
Scheduled
Tonight
PALM
BEACH
-
The
first
Florida
Fruit
and
Vegetable
Harvest
Festival
will
be
held
here
at
6:30
tonight
at
the
Palm
Beach
Towers
with
Commissioner
of
Agriculture
Doyle
Conner
as
host.
The
reception
and
dinner
is
being
held
for
fruit
and
produce
buyers
who
purchase
for
the
major
chain
stores
of
the
nation,
as
well
as
other
smaller
firms.
Conner
said
the
event
will
be
held
in
the
Regency
Room
of
the
hotel.
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BEACH
-
A
petition
to
revise
taxicab
rate
schedules
in
effect
for
more
than
20
years
was
referred
to
the
city
manager
Tuesday
night
by
city
council.
"Twenty
years
that's
something,
isn't
it?"
mused
Mayor
Jack
Saunders
and
commented
that
at
least
Delray
Taxi
Company
and
Acme
Taxi
Company
had
held
the
line
on
inflation.
The
two
firms
operate
six
taxi
cabs
on
certificates
of
convenience
here
under
provisions
of
the
city
charter.
In
other
business,
Councilman
James
H.
Jurney,
seeking
re-election
in
the
city's
Nov.
19
primary,
said
that
he
hopes
to
have
a
city
ordinance
enforced
that
limits
train
noises
at
night.
Jurney
said
that
there
Is
unnecessary
train-whistle
noise
in
the
city
between
10
p.m.
and
7
a.m.
The
city
council
accepted
and
will
award
a
contract
for
sidewalk
to
R.
M.
Garner
Concrete
Contractor
of
West
Palm
Beach.
Garner's
bid
for
sidewalk
on
Venetian
Drive
was
Sl,.4.85
and
$749.97
for
sidewalk
on
SE
Third
Street.
City
Manager
David
Gatchel
said
that
the
bid
was
$104
less
than
the
city
engineer's
estimate.
An
offer
to
sell
three
lots
with
224
feet
of
frontage
on
NW
Fourth
Avenue
for
$15,000
was
referred
to
the
city's
Parking
and
Traffic
Committee.
The
property
Is
owned
by
C.
O.
Stanley
Jr.
Councilman
O.
F.
Youngblood
commented
that
the
lots
might
make
a
good
parking
lot
for
13
businesses
in
the
immediate
area.
ine
city
council
adopted
a
resolution
providing
for
the
abandonment
of
an
east-west
alley
onSE
Sixth
Avenue
which
was
platted
in
1913
and
never
used.
A
real
estate
man
said
that
abandonment
of
the
alley
will
enable
a
client
of
his
to
erect
a
Midas
Muffler
Com
Fair-Exposition
Plans
Board
Dinner
The
South
Florida
Fair
and
Exposition
is
having
a
dinner
for
the
Board
of
Directors
and
Committee
Chairmen
at
7
p.m.
Wednesday,
Nov.
20.
A
planning
meeting
will
take
place
after
the
dinner.
The
dinner
will
be
held
at
the
Racquet
Club
ql
the
Palm
Beaches
in
Palm
Beach
Shores.
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by
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stakes.
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area
Ls
often
congested
as
it
was
Tuesday
afternoon.
The
proposed
traffic
circle
will
better
control
east-west
traffic
along
XE
Eighth
Street,
plus
funneling
the
flow
of
intersecting
traffic
from
NE
Third
Avenue
and
Dixie
Boulevard.
TRAFFIC
CIRCLE
PLANNED
-
Delray
Beach
Public
Works
Department
crews
are
scheduled
to
begin
construction
within
two
weeks
of
a
traffic
circle
on
XE
Eighth
Street,
just
west
of
the
Florida
East
Coast
Railway
tracks.
The
edge
of
the
pavement
of
the
new
eastbound
lane
of
traf
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